A word with letters jumbled have been given. Choose the correct order of…
2018
A word with letters jumbled have been given. Choose the correct order of letters which are required to form the correct word.
Jumbled word: RTSOW
- A.
3, 1, 2, 5, 4
- B.
5, 4, 1, 3, 2
- C.
1, 3, 2, 5, 4
- D.
4, 5, 1, 3, 2
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Correct answer: B
To solve this jumbled word puzzle, we need to map the given letters to their corresponding positions and rearrange them to form a meaningful English word.
Step-by-Step Analysis
Analyze the Jumbled Word:
The letters are R (1), T (2), S (3), O (4), W (5).
1: R
2: T
3: S
4: O
5: W
Rearrange the letters:
We need to form a common English word using these letters. Testing combinations, we find the word WORDS.
Map the word back to the numbers:
W is position 5.
O is position 4.
R is position 1.
D is not present... wait, checking the letters again: R, T, S, O, W.
Re-testing: Using R, T, S, O, W, the word is STROW (archaic) or TOWRS (incorrect) or WORDS? Looking at the letters: R, T, S, O, W.
Ah, forming the word STROW or TOWRS isn't common. Let's look at the letters again: R, T, S, O, W. The word is TOWRS (if R is D, but it's R). Wait, the solution provided in the image says WORDS, but the jumbled word is RTSOW.
Self-Correction: The letters provided are R-T-S-O-W. If we rearrange these, we get STROW or TOWRS. However, the solution explicitly identifies the word as WORDS. This implies there might be a typo in the jumbled word provided in the source image (RTSOW vs WORDS), but based on the provided solution mapping of 5-4-1-3-2:
5: W
4: O
1: R
3: S
2: T
Result: WORST.